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Jerrys Flat, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Gold Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97444. It stands on Walen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Signal Buttes quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Jerrys Flat within Curry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

71 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Jerrys Flat (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks5
Natural4
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGold Beach UnitNORTH BEACH
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCUMMINS CREEK
4 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGold Beach UnitKNOX LANE
3 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution5.8 acresGold Beach UnitEDSON ROAD
28 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGold Beach UnitNORTH BEACH #2
24 September 2007Other causesunder an acreGold Beach UnitJERRY'S FLAT ROAD
21 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGold Beach UnitTHIRD STREET
20 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGold Beach UnitMARCHMONT ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Curry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Jerrys Flat (historical): 43 past producers, 12 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CollinsGold, Chromium, Titanium, Metal, PlatinumPast ProducerBeach Placer
Collins MineGold, PlatinumPast Producer
Lone Ranch PriceiteBoron-BoratesProspect
New DiscoveryGold, SilverPast Producer
StarrCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrrhotite
New DiscoveryGold, SilverOccurrence
Leith ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Leith ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Lloyd ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Smedberg Beach PlacersGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Curry County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bagnell Ferry0.9 miles11
Wedderburn3.0 miles11
Knoxville (historical)3.5 miles11
Gold Beach4.3 miles11
Nesika Beach4.3 miles17
Hunter Creek5.3 miles11
Ophir7.6 miles17
Pistol River12.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1132615. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.